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A07625 The testament of William Bel. Gentleman Left written in his owne hand. Sett out above 33. yeares after his death. With annotations at the end, and sentences, out of the H. Scripture, fathers, &c. By his sonne Francis Bel, of the Order of Freers Minors, definitor of the province of England: guardian of S. Bonaventures colledge in Dovvay: and professor of the sacred Hebrevv tongue, in the same. Electo meo fœdus excidi Bell, William, d. 1598.; Bell, James, d. 1643. 1632 (1632) STC 1802; ESTC S113723 71,054 197

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if_o they_o be_v you_o take_v they_o away_o with_o you_o but_o when_o a_o man_n perish_v he_o shall_v take_v nothing_o with_o he_o neither_o shall_v his_o glory_n descend_v with_o he_o true_a riches_n therefore_o be_v not_o wealth_n but_o virtue_n which_o the_o conscience_n carry_v with_o it_o to_o make_v it_o rich_a for_o ever_o bernard_n serm_n 4._o de_fw-la aduentu_fw-la domini_fw-la who_o god_n enrich_v no_o man_n shall_v make_v poor_a cyprian_a tom._n 1._o epist_n 2._o those_o only_o be_v good_a riches_n which_o we_o have_v in_o hope_n and_o expectation_n greg._n naz._n orat_fw-la de_fw-fr machab._n neither_o be_v any_o thing_n a_o great_a terror_n to_o we_o then_o lest_o we_o shall_v fear_v any_o thing_n more_o than_o god_n id_fw-la ibid._n he_o be_v abundant_o rich_a that_o with_o christ_n be_v poor_a hieron_n ep_v ad_fw-la heliodor_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la solitaria_fw-la est_fw-la quaestus_fw-la magnus_fw-la pietas_fw-la cum_fw-la sufficientia_fw-la 6.6_o 1._o tim._n 6.6_o the_o 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